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{{short description|Swedish footballer (born 1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ove Kindvall
| full_name = Bengt Ove Kindvall
| image = Selectie Zweedse elftal voor WK voetbal in trainingskamp in Mönchen Gladblach n, Bestanddeelnr 927-2498.jpg
| caption = Kindvall with Sweden during the 1974 FIFA World Cup
| image_size = 230
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|5|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Norrköping]], Sweden
| height = 1.74 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| years1 = 1962–1966
| clubs1 = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| caps1 = 84
| goals1 = 70
| years2 = 1966–1971
| clubs2 = [[Feyenoord]]
| caps2 = 144
| goals2 = 129
| years3 = 1971–1975
| clubs3 = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| caps3 = 94
| goals3 = 30
| years4 = 1975–1977
| clubs4 = [[IFK Göteborg]]
| caps4 = 58
| goals4 = 30
| totalcaps = 344
| totalgoals = 259
| nationalyears1 = 1961
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden men's national under-19 football team|Sweden U19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1964
| nationalteam2 = [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden U21]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1963–1964
| nationalteam3 = [[Sweden national football B team|Sweden B]]
| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals3 = 4
| nationalyears4 = 1965–1974
| nationalteam4 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
| nationalcaps4 = 43
| nationalgoals4 = 16
| manageryears1 = 1979–1980
| managerclubs1 = [[IFK Göteborg]] (chairman)
}}

'''Bengt Ove Kindvall''' (born 16 May 1943) is a Swedish former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He started his career at [[IFK Norrköping]], where he played until he joined [[Feyenoord Rotterdam|Feyenoord]] in 1966 and became professional. The same year, he won the [[Guldbollen]], as the best Swedish footballer of the year. He is regarded as one of Sweden's greatest ever players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gopeking.net/english_greatestplayers.php|publisher=gopeking.net (unofficial [[IFK Norrköping]] fansite)|access-date=15 March 2016|title=Greatest players |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073229/http://www.gopeking.net/english_greatestplayers.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 28 September 2007}}</ref> A full international between 1965 and 1974, he won 43 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] and scored 16 goals for the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden national team]]. He represented his country at the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] and [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]s.

==Club career==
With [[Feyenoord]] he won two [[Eredivisie|national championship]]s as well as the 1970 [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]. In the [[1970 European Cup Final|final]] against [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] he scored the winning goal in [[extra time]]. In his five seasons with the club, Kindvall scored 129 league goals in 144 games. He returned to Sweden and Norrköping 1971, where he played for three years, until ending his career in [[IFK Göteborg]].

He was the first non-Dutchman to be named [[Eredivisie]] top scorer, doing so in 1968, 1969 and 1971. No other foreigner achieved this until [[Romário]] in 1989.

Kindvall earned the [[Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal]] in 1969. In that year, he was named as the fourth best player in Europe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy69.html|title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1969|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>

== International career ==
Kindvall played 43 games with the [[Sweden men's national football team|national team]] and scored 16 goals.<ref name=":0" /> He participated in the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] and [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], playing a major role in the team's qualification for the former.<ref name=":0" />

==Personal life==
[[File:Ove Kindvall with family 1970.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Kindvall with family in 1970]]
He is the father of former footballers [[Niclas Kindvall]] and [[Tina Kindvall]], and brother of [[Kaj Kindvall]], a [[Radio programming|radio host]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 1997 |title="Sluta jämför med pappa" |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/sluta-jamfor-med-pappa/}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ove Kindvall - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/ove-kindvall/1e31dcae-1803-440d-a96e-67aea3a12d83/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
|1965||3||1
|-
|1966||6||4
|-
|1967||0||0
|-
|1968||3||3
|-
|1969||3||4
|-
|1970||3||0
|-
|1971||4||1
|-
|1972||5||0
|-
|1973||10||3
|-
|1974||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!43!!16
|}

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kindvall goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Ove Kindvall<ref name="NFT">{{cite web |last1=Strack-Zimmermann |first1=Benjamin |title=Kim Källström |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6411/Kim_Kaellstroem.html |website=National Football Teams |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|7 November 1965
|[[Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium|Dr. Fazil Kucuk Stadium]], [[Famagusta]], Cyprus
|{{fb|CYP}}
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|style="text-align:center"|5–0
|[[1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cypern - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/cypern-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568368/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|27 April 1966
|[[Zentralstadion]], [[Leipzig]], East Germany
|{{fb|DDR}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–3
|style="text-align:center"|1–4
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Östtyskland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/osttyskland-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568370/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|rowspan="2"|30 June 1966
|rowspan="2"|[[Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|BRA}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|rowspan="2"style="text-align:center"|2–3
|rowspan="2"|Friendly
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Brasilien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-brasilien-landskamper-herr-senior/1568377/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|style="text-align:center"|2–3
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5
|5 October 1966
|[[Råsunda Stadium|Råsunda]], [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], Sweden
|{{fb|AUT}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|4–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Österrike - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-osterrike-landskamper-herr-senior/1568380/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|6
|rowspan="3"|9 October 1968
|rowspan="3"|Råsunda, Solna, Sweden
|rowspan="3"|{{fb|NOR}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="3"style="text-align:center"|5–0
|rowspan="3"|[[1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|rowspan="3"|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Norge - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-norge-landskamper-herr-senior/1568410/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|7
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|8
|style="text-align:center"|4–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|9
|1 May 1969
|[[Malmö Stadion|Malmö Stadium]], [[Malmö]], Sweden
|{{fb|MEX}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Mexiko - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-mexiko-landskamper-herr-senior/1568414/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|10
|19 June 1969
|[[Ullevaal Stadion|Ullevaal Stadium]], [[Oslo]], Norway
|{{fb|NOR}}
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|style="text-align:center"|5–2
|1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norge - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/norge-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568419/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|11
|rowspan="2"|15 October 1969
|rowspan="2"|Råsunda, Solna, Sweden
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|FRA}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="2"style="text-align:center"|2–0
|rowspan="2"|1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Frankrike - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-frankrike-landskamper-herr-senior/1568427/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|12
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|13
|27 June 1971
|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
|{{fb|West Germany}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Västtyskland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-vasttyskland-landskamper-herr-senior/1568456/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|14
|26 April 1973
|[[Idraetsparken|Parken]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
|{{fb|DEN}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/danmark-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568478/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|15
|13 June 1973
|[[Nepstadion]], [[Budapest]], Hungary
|{{fb|HUN}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|style="text-align:center"|3–3
|[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ungern - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/ungern-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568483/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|16
|11 November 1973
|[[Empire Stadium (Gżira)|Gżira Stadium]], [[Gżira]], Malta
|{{fb|MLT}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malta - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/malta-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568494/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|}

==Honours==
'''IFK Norrköping'''
*[[Allsvenskan]]: [[1962 Allsvenskan|1962]], [[1963 Allsvenskan|1963]]

'''Feyenoord'''

* [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1970 Intercontinental Cup|1970]]
* [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1970 European Cup Final|1969–70]]
* [[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]]: [[Intertoto Cup|1967]], [[Intertoto Cup|1968]]
* [[Eredivisie]]: [[1968–69 Eredivisie|1968–69]], [[1970–71 Eredivisie|1970–71]]
*[[KNVB Cup]]: [[KNVB Cup|1968-69]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Guldbollen]]: 1966
*[[List of Allsvenskan top scorers|Allsvenskan top scorer]]: [[1966 Allsvenskan|1966]]
*[[Eredivisie#Top scorers|Eredivisie top scorer]]: [[1967–68 Eredivisie|1967–68]], [[1968–69 Eredivisie|1968–69]], [[1970–71 Eredivisie|1970–71]]
*[[Ballon d'Or]] fourth place: [[1969 Ballon d'Or|1969]] (shared with [[Johan Cruyff]])
*''FUWO European Team of the Season'': 1969<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201970/Fuwo%201970%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1970|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130127164340/http://www.beijen.net/frank/cvs/kindvall-o.htm Profile]
* {{in lang|nl}} [https://www.feyenoordgeschiedenis.net/p/hall-of-fame-ove-kindvall.html History of Feyenoord]
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{NFT player|18448}}
* {{ifkdb|namn=#18 Ove Kindvall}}

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